Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-10-08
HANCOCK.

There is q movement on foot to form
hotel building association in Csstine for the
purpose of erecting hotel for GUNNER bust
ness capable OF accommodating 100 to 200
guests. 1t is believed that this would prove
a paying investment. The Acadian House,
the summer hotel there, was full of guests
throughout the season, and an addition will
be built to it in the spring.
Capt. S. 81. Barbour, of Bangor, has pur-
chased the steamer Henry Morrison, which
has been on the route between Bluehill and
Rockland, and will take her to Bangor,
where she will be taken out and placed in
new side-wheel steamer, which Capt Barbour
is to build.
The Knox and Lincoln Musical Convention
will be held at DamariscGt.a Tuesday, Wed
nesdav, Thursday and Friday. Oct l8, IS,
20 and 81. and not the 18th, 18th, 18th and
liih, ~ previously reported.
~und.v morniog. tine I'd, a little son of
JOHN Gu hsme. of Spruce Head, aged FIVE
wear, attempting TO carry his little sister on
his tack across the fl Jor, fell back wards and
broke his right leg just above the knee.
OXFORD.
strong effort is being made to commence
work on the tous dation for the new Hebron
academy building, at once. The architect
has been there. and the plan is to build back
OF the present academy, so that the school can
continue while the work is going on.
SOMERSET.
Among its orders the Kenuebec Framing
and Lumber Co. have one for a building 100
by 20 to cover the reservoir of the Old Or
chard water works.
Parks Bros. are building alarge storehouse
alongside the Maine Central track west of the
freight depot. at Pttsfeld. The building
will be 30x66 feet, and very substantial
Since they lost a storehouse by fire few
years ago, the storage room owned by the
firm has been somewhat inadequate.
WALDO.
The Belfast Journal says: Capt. A. d.
Bean, of this city, was in Brooks last week.
While there he started a movement for sol
ders' monument and headed subscription
paper with 800. Capt Bean is Brooks
man and went to the war from that town. 1t
is hoped that his patriotism and tiberality will
stimulate others, and that Brooks will soon
have monument worthy her gallant soldiers
house near Belmon Corner owned by
Alonz1 w Greer and occupied by +. KIN
dali was burned early Tuesday morning, to-
gether with nearly all the furniture and other
household goods, also S35 in money. The
barn and shed were saved The fire Is sup
posed to have caught from sparks that
dropped from stove pipe that had not been
properly placed in the chimney. There was
an insurance of 800 on the house but none
on its contents.
WASHINGTON.
Game Wardens French, of Calais, and
Pond of Princeton, have arrested three or
four men for violation of the game laws.
The poachers had been getting in their work
on Gassabeus Lake, small body of water
lying back of Lake Nicat0us, locality which
has long had the reputation of being the
paradise of Poachers. Commissioner Still
well has, however, been on the lookout, and
learning that parties were on their way to
that place, sent the two game wardens above
mentioned to look after them. They were
more than successful in their mission as they
caught them in the very act, not only of kill
ing in close time, but hunting and killing
with dogs They captured their whole KIT,
including four deer skins and two hounds.
one large deer hound and the other n small
beagle hound The dogs and hides were left
with Game Warden Allen, and the men taken
to Bucksport, wednesday evening.
YORK.
The Biddeford Times Of the 9Th inst. says:
About half past four o'clock vest, rday after
noon Thomas Glblin, an oiler in the No. 3
Tacoma mill, went down into the basement to
deposit some cotton waste. He did not notice
that SOM of he floor boards had been re-
moved To allow repairs TO be made, but
stepped forward and went headlong down into
the canal He grasped a post and IN Anaged
to holi on uutll help came Two long gashes
were cut on one OF his legs when ne struck
the floor,
While Caleb Bradbury, of Hollis, vas res
cuing his cos from drowning, Saturday at
te-no0n, the LIST, his foot became entangLed
IN the bushes aud the strain was 80 great that
the cords of his leg were severed from the
joint 1T the hip = Tuesday, while coming
from the ia r, Charles Snow, one of the driv
ers, was kicked bv an OK and thrown under
passing team, breaking bis leg.